Senior Scientist, Machine Learning
Company: Niantic, Inc
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: April 2, 2021
Job Description:
Do you want to be part of a growing data organization that is
helping to shape the game experiences of millions of players?
Niantic, the developer of Pokemon GO and Harry Potter: Wizards
Unite is looking for a Senior Scientist with the creativity,
leadership, and experience to develop meaningful Machine Learning
science and game interventions for all our popular titles. Work
closely with other scientists, engineers, and product managers to
design and deploy machine learning models that elevate gameplay in
Niantic's AR driven games where the real world becomes our
gameboard. Responsibilities
- Conceive, design, lead the development, and bring into
production new, end-to-end Machine Learning models such as
semi-supervised segmentation and optimized interventions via
reinforcement learning.
- Apply a high degree of scientific rigor and real world
pragmatism in all your work, particularly to quantify the impact of
features on relevant engagement metrics.
- Mentor other scientists to grow their skills, create a
collaborative environment, and employ tools and methodologies to
test, revise, and improve models.
- Lead by example: promote deep scientific expertise, constant
learning, attention to detail, and an intimate relationship with
the data while always being friendly, humble, and open to
challenging any assumptions.
- Collaborate with data engineers, product managers, and
marketing to coordinate timely deployments from conception to
release. Qualifications
- Successful candidate will have a PhD in Statistics, Machine
Learning, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, or a
related field (or an MS with extensive industry experience). A
minimum of 3 years of real-world experience developing and
deploying machine learning models, preferably in a gaming
context.
- Strong command of statistics and the science underpinning
machine learning techniques and able to defend choices with math as
well as real-world tradeoffs.
- Expert in ML models for classification, regression, and
clustering; experience with production neural networks.
- Experience with SQL. Flexible with tools and programming
languages (Python or Java or Scala or Go) and ability to learn new
technologies quickly.
- Demonstrated experience with large scale data processing (e.g.
Spark, Hive, DataFlow/Beam).
- Knowledge of real-time optimization models with delayed reward
(multi-armed bandits, reinforcement learning).
- Industry experience developing recommender systems for
personalized game predictions or similar.
- Experience applying ML models in mobile games, particularly at
scale.
- Experience working with business stakeholders - understanding
and proving impact, resourcing, and schedules. Join the Niantic
team! Niantic is the world's leading AR technology company,
sparking creative and engaging journeys in the real world. Our
products inspire outdoor exploration, exercise, and meaningful
social interaction. Originally formed at Google in 2011, we became
an independent company in 2015 with a strong group of investors
including Nintendo, The Pok--mon Company, and Alsop Louie Partners.
Our current titles include pioneering global-control game Ingress,
record-breaking AR game Pok--mon GO, and recently released third
title, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.-- Niantic is an Equal
Opportunity employer. We believe that cultivating a workplace where
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great products our community will love. Our mission emphasizes
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growing offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Bellevue, Los
Angeles, London, Tokyo, Hamburg, and Zurich. U.S. Equal Opportunity
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